The Correct Answer is
Option 1 i.e
Simon Commission, Poona Pact, Wavell Plan. ●
Simon commission (1927):
∘Lord Birkenhead appointed the Simon Commission in the year 1927 to look after the working of the Government of India Act 1919 and had challenged Indians to frame their constitution.
∘The challenge thrown by Birkenhead led to the drafting of the Nehru report in 1928.
∘Simon Commission is known as the Indian Statutory Commission.
∘John Simon was the head of the commission.
∘All the 7 members of the commission were Britishers. There was no Indian representation in the commission.
∘All the political parties except the Justice party and a section of the Muslim league welcomed the commission.
∘In Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai lost his life in protest against the commission.
●Poona Pact (1932): ∘It was an agreement between Gandhi and Ambedkar.
∘Madan Mohan Malviya signed the pact on behalf of Gandhi.
∘ According to this pact: ■Separate electorates were replaced by the joint electorates for depressed classes.
■As against 71 seats announced by MacDonald, this pact reserved 148 seats in the Provincial legislature.
■About 18% of the total seats were also reserved for the pressed classes in the central legislature.
Wavell plan/Shimla Conference (1945): ∘It was named after Viceroy of India, Lord Wavell.
● Few proposals in this plan are: ■With the exception of Viceroy and Commander in chief, all the members of the Viceroys executive council will be Indians.
■A kind of interim government was suggested.
■Transfer of foreign affairs portfolio from the Governor-General to an Indian member.
■Congress rejected the Wavell plans because of the actions of the Muslim league.